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Title: Ebenezer Baptist Church, Abertillery
        125th Anniversary

Author: Eryl Dykes

Price: £7.50

ISBN: 1 874538 54 9

Postage & Packing (UK): £1.75

 

Ebenezer Baptist Church in Abertillery - an excellent book portraying a 125-year history of worship from 1876.

 

 

Title: The E.M.G. Story

Author: Francis James

Price £15.00

ISBN: 1 874538 27 1

Postage & Packing (UK): £2.25

 

 

 

For serious music lovers the EMG gramophone was the ultimate possession and expert Francis James tells and illustrates its story.

 

 

Title: The Diary of the life of a Farmers Wife -
        The Life and Times of 'Fred the Milk'

Author: Evelyn Howells

Price £9.95

ISBN: 978-1-905967-09-4

Postage & Packing (UK): £1.10

 

 

This is the diary of local farmer Fred Howells and his family who have served the
community of Blaina in the western valley of Gwent for a generation.

 

 

Title: Five Days to Live

Author: Robin Medley

Price £5.95

ISBN: 1 874538 77 8

Postage & Packing (UK): £1.50

 

Major Robin Medley recounts his experiences encountered during the harrowing events surrounding the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.

 

 

Title: From Hell - The Jack the Ripper Story

Author: Bob Hinton

Price £8.50

ISBN: 1 874538 96 4

Postage & Packing (UK): £2.50

 

Distributed worldwide, the book finally provides the evidence that identifies 'Jack The Ripper' after more than a century of intrigue.

 

 

Title: Seventy Years of Gwent Federation of
          Young Farmers Clubs 1938-2008

Author: Gwent Federation of Young Farmers

Price £24.99

ISBN: 978-1-905967-12-4

Postage & Packing (UK): £4.50

 

As the title suggests this book contains the 70 year history of the federation which is
told using an abundance of photographs both in black and white and colour.

 

 

Title: A History of Hope Baptist Church, Crosskeys

Author: Graham O. Osborne

Price £5.95

ISBN: 1 905967 00 4

Postage & Packing (UK): £1.50

 

 

 

Standing in the lower western valley of Gwent Hope Baptist Church's history dating
from its founding in 1882 is fully recorded in this publication.

 

 

Title: Khaki Shorts

Author: Major 'Bob' Smith

Price £6.50

ISBN: 1 874538 45 X

Postage & Packing (UK): £2.40

 

 

 

 A compilation of 'Hilarious Happenings - Army Style' best describes this excellent work
by Major Bob Smith during his 49-year career. 240 pages including various
black & white illustrations.

 

 

Title: Out Since '14

Author: John Dixon

Price £24.95

ISBN: 1 874538 09 3

Postage & Packing (UK): £3.35

 

 

 

The book tells of the horrors that faced the 2nd Battalion The Monmouthshire Regiment during World War One - compulsive reading.

 

 

Title: History of Pengam & Fleur-de-Lis Schools

Author: Pengam & Fleur-de-Lis Schools

Price £9.95

ISBN: 978-1-905967-10-0

Postage & Packing (UK): £1.15

 

 

 

A graphic history of 130 years of schooling in the Welsh communities of
Pengam and Fleur-de-Lis.

 

 

Title: The Road to Rangoon and Back

Author: Ron Dudley

Price: £9.95

ISBN: 978 1 905967 02 5

Postage & Packing (UK): £1.10

 

 

An autobiography and collection of humorous situations that the author and others
found themselves in, including the latter days of Japanese occupied Burma.

 

 

Title: St Edmund's Church, Crickhowell

Author: Rev. C.G. James

Price £2.50

ISBN: None

Postage & Packing (UK): £0.60

 

 

 

This is the third edition of the late Reverend C.G. James's short historical guide to St Edmunds Church.

 

 

Title: Up The Creek

Author: Robin Medley

Price £7.50

ISBN: 1 874538 47 6

Postage & Packing (UK): £2.40

 

From the author of Five Days to Live comes this collection of memoirs and impressions from his years of world travel and meetings.

 

 

Title: Welsh Roots (Revised) - Gwreiddiadur Cymraeg

Author: Gareth Jones

Price £15.00

ISBN: 0 9524176 1 8

Postage & Packing (UK): £3.30

 

A revised edition of the author's previous work examining the Welsh language in fine detail.

 

 

Title: Welsh Roots & Branches

Author: Gareth Jones

Price £18.00

ISBN: 0 9524176 0 X

Postage & Packing (UK): £3.65

 

A definitive book for those wishing to accelerate the task of acquiring a vocabulary of contemporary Welsh - very informative.

 

 

Title: The History of Wokingham Agricultural Association 1835-1985

Author: Kerr Kirkwood

Price £14.00

ISBN: 1 874538 68 9

Postage & Packing (UK): FREE

 

 

An illustrated 150 year history of one of the country's leading agricultural associations.

 

 

Title: Zion Baptist Church, Ebbw Vale - 150 Year History

Author: Carolynne Gillard

Price £2.50

ISBN: None

Postage & Packing (UK): £

 

As the title suggests this booklet recalls the 150 year history of Zion Baptist Church in Briery Hill.

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Updated By Alison Owen - 25th January 2010